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  • Using a Syndromic Surveillance System to Evaluate the Impact of a Change in Alcohol Law

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    In November 2011, Washington State voters passed Initiative 1183 (I-1183) which closed state-owned and contracted liquor stores and opened the market for “hard liquor” sales in the private sector. The change in law was implemented on June 1, 2012.… read more
    … and contracted liquor stores and opened the market for “hard liquor” sales in the private sector. The change in law … on June 1, 2012. Increases in alcohol-related ED visits were postulated as one potential impact if there was … were changes in alcohol-related emergency department (ED) visits in Washington State associated with statewide alcohol …
  • Monitoring Staphylococcus Infection Trends with Biosurveillance Data

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    Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI). Until recently, S. aureus pneumonia has been considered primarily a nosocomial infection, and was reported… read more
    … system to describe trends in emergency department visits for SSTI as well as staphylococcus pneumonia … system to describe trends in emergency department (ED) visits for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) as well as … The data elements include hospital name, date/time of visit, age, sex, zip code, chief complaint, disposition, …
  • Adopting a common influenza-like illness syndrome across multiple health jurisdictions

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    Syndromic surveillance systems were designed for early outbreak and bioterrorism event detection. As practical experience shaped development and implementation, these systems became more broadly used for general surveillance and situational… read more
    … defined by a formal code-set (Fig. 1). Distribute sites were invited to participate in the assessment based on … historical data consisting of total and ILI-related daily visit counts by age group (B2, 2�4, 5�17, 18�44, 45�64 and … time-series, subsyndrome and age-specific distribution of visits and signal-to-noise measures. Results We found less …
  • Performance of a Syndromic Surveillance System for Detecting Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Following a Severe Windstorm

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    On December 14th, 2006, a severe windstorm in western Washington caused hundreds of thousands of residents to lose power. On December 15, 2006, there was a surge in emergency department (ED) visits for patients presenting with signs… read more
    … 15, 2006, there was a surge in emergency department (ED) visits for patients presenting with signs of acute carbon … the performance of our ED syndromic data for detecting visits associated with CO poisoning. Document … emergency de- partment (ED) syndromic data for detecting visits associated with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. …
  • Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance

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    For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more
    … uence the sharing of health information between health care providers and public health agencies for surveillance, as well as research, purposes. Some health care providers have expressed reluctance or refused to … Rule (2). Although the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits health care providers to disclose protected health information …
  • Implications of ICD-9/10 CM Transition for Public Health Surveillance: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned from Multiple Sectors of Public Health

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    This roundtable provided a forum for a diverse set of representatives from the local, state, federal and international public health care sectors to share tools, resources, experiences, and promising practices regarding the potential impact of the… read more
    … the local, state, federal and international public health care sectors to share tools, resources, experiences, and … state, federal, and international pub- lic health/ health care sectors to share promising practices and les- sons … the local, state, federal and international public health care sectors to share tools, resources, experiences, and …
  • How Bad Is It? Using Biosurveillance Data to Monitor the Severity of Seasonal Flu

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    We sought to evaluate the validity of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations (PI) data gathered by our biosurveillance system.
    … we collect include hospital name, date and time of visit, date of discharge, age, sex, home zip code, chief … was intubated or was in the ICU, and a patient and visit key. Data are transmitted daily, but due to delays in … by our biosurveillance system are captured daily for visits that occurred up to just one month earlier. We found …
  • Classification of Emergency Department Syndromic Data for Seasonal Influenza Surveillance

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    We evaluated several classifications of emergency department (ED) syndromic data to ascertain best syndrome classifications for ILI.
    … with ED data. We used 6 classifications of ILI ED visit data for this analysis: (1) A chief complaint with …